Moon Mission

India rocket launches space docking mission by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Dec 30, 2024 India launched a rocket Monday carrying two small spacecraft to test docking in space, a critical step for the country's dreams of a space station and a manned Moon mission. The mission is "vital…

(Image credit: SpaceX) From dazzling auroras not seen in decades to ambitious missions to other worlds, 2024 was a jam-packed year for space that got millions of Earthlings looking to the sky. The moon got a little more crowded thanks to a parade of lunar landing missions. The sun kicked…

A study using Chang’e-6 farside basalts reveals an unexpected boost in the Moon’s magnetic field strength 2.8 billion years ago, challenging previous ideas of a dormant lunar dynamo. The data suggests a dynamic and geologically active lunar interior, possibly driven by magma oceans or core processes...Read More

Chinese scientists think it's time to rewrite the Moon's history after analyzing samples returned to Earth by the Chang'e 6 mission. Their opinion appears in a paper titled "A reinforced lunar dynamo recorded by Chang'e 6 farside basalt" that appeared in the journal Nature on Thursday. Penned by 18 researchers…

Watch CBS News NASA's Artemis moon mission delayed yet again NASA's next two Artemis moon missions have been pushed back once again, with the first lunar landing in more than a half-century not scheduled to take place until at least mid-2027. NASA said the delay is partly so that it…

NASA announced a new schedule for its upcoming Artemis missions to send astronauts to the moon. This is the second delay to these crewed missions after NASA's postponed the timeline in January of this year. The agency said it now aims to launch the Artemis 2 mission in April 2026,…

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, in 2023 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Their mission to go around the moon has been delayed until at least April, 2026. Joel Kowsky/NASA hide caption toggle caption Joel Kowsky/NASA…

The Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis II mission. NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA has announced that it is delaying its ambitious Artemis II and Artemis III missions, which will see astronauts travel around and then land on the moon for the first time in over 50 years. The missions will be…

NASA's uncrewed Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft takes a selfie near the moon in November 2022. (Image credit: NASA) We'll have to wait a bit longer to see the first crewed moon mission since the Apollo era lift off. NASA announced today (Dec. 5) that it's delaying the planned launch of…

Payload fairing halves lying aside a structural test article following a fairing separation test for the Long March 10 series rocket. Credit: CALT BREMEN, Germany — China has taken another step toward its crewed lunar goals by successfully testing fairing separation for its Long March 10 moon rocket series. The…